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April 9, 1'935- w. E. DEMMY 997,Q48

NEWSPAPER CLIP Filed Aug. 3, 1954 Attorneys Patented Apr. 9, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NEWSPAPER CLIP Wylie E. Demmy, Indianapolis, Ind. Application August 3, 1934, Serial No. 738,308 l z' claims. (o1. 24-259) In the daily delivery of newspapers to resithrough the base and also through the superimdences and other places by carriers the custom posed extension of the base, well into the curves has been for the carrier to deposit it in a more or 5, 5, in order that the heads of the screws may less folded condition on the door step or porch be made to contact the curves more or less forcefloor where it is frequently opened and messed fully by the extent of the insertion of the screws 5 by wind, blown into the dirt, and sometimes in the casing thereby varying the distances of carried away. those parts of the curves, from the base, and

The object of this invention is to provide a varying the pressure of the outer ends of jaws metal clip which is inexpensive to make, which 6, 6 against each other.

10 can be easily attached by an inexperienced per- Thus if .the jaws 6, 6 do not vgrip the news- 10 son to a door frame or Aother wall support and paper sufficiently tight to hold it securely the which will readily receive a folded newspaper grip may be increased by driving the screws and hold it against accidental removal. deeper into the wood of the casing.

A further object is to provide a clip of the In the operation of my device, which has been above character, the paper-gripping action of erected as above described, a folded newspaper 15 which may be regulated by changing the inseris pushed between the two semi-circular bends tion into the door frame, of the clip retaining 1, 1, thereby spreading the jaws. The newspaper screws. is then pushed in as far as desired, sometimes I accomplish the above and other objects which 'until it contacts the base 4 and casing 8, which will hereinafter appear, bythe means illustrated will keep the paper from tilting, or it may not be 20 in the accompanying drawing, in whichinserted further than is shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of my clip with a Having thus fully described my invention, what folded newspaper retained by it; I claim is- Fig- 2 AiS an eleva'GOn OfSame', IOOkIlg at the 1. A clip for holding newspapers and the likev left side of Fig. l and showingr a fragment of a formed out of a strap of resilient metal, com- 25 supporting door frame in partial section, and prising a base the ends of which are bent out- Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the clip as seen from wardly and then inwardly upon the base and the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 showing .the clip in edge thence outwardly in curves less than a quarter View. circle and thence continued straight to form Like characters of reference indicate like parts clamping jaws which lmeet at their outer ends.. 30 in the several views of the drawing. said outer ends being extended in outer semi- The clip is formed out of resilientstrap metal circular bends. having a base 4 with ends bent outwardly and 2. A clip for holding newspapers and the like then inwardly upon the base and thence outformed out of a strap of resilient metal, compriswardly in curves 5, 5. The ends are extended for ing a base the ends of which are bentpoutwardly a considerable distance to form the clamping and then inwardly uponthe base and thence jaws 6, 6, the bends `5, 5 being sufficiently less outwardly in curves less than a quarter circle than a quarter circle'tocause the jaws 6, 6 to and thence continued straight to form clamping meet near their outer ends,rv as best shown in jaws which meet at their outer ends, said outer 40 Fig. 3. To aid in the insertion of a folded newsends being extended in outer semi-circular bends, 40 paper ID and the spreading of 'the jaws apart and screws through the base and curved exten- -for such insertion, the ends of the latter are exsions of the base having heads contacting the tended in semi-circular bends 1, rL curved extensions and body members seated in The clip thus formed is attached to a door a door casing, for supporting the clip and for casing 8, or other supporting portion of a house, regulating the grip of the jaws. 45

by two screws 9, 9.

Holes for the passage of screws 9, 9 are formed y y WYLIE E. DEMMY. 

